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Definition of bear a resemblance (or similarity) to in English:

bear a resemblance (or similarity) to

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‘Although their songs might lack the Seattle angst, their music bears a resemblance to the departed scene.’

‘Charlie couldn't help noticing that he bore a resemblance to Jerome.’

‘The reason is that I bear a resemblance to her father.’

‘Some of the subs bear resemblance to the Biskup submarine due to its long perspective.’

‘Although dwarfed in height, it bears a resemblance to skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and the Rockefeller Centre in New York.’

‘He continued to ‘search’ passersby for the beautiful face he remembered from their brief, hostile acquaintance, but none of those he passed bore a resemblance to the missing lady.’

‘A photograph of a man bearing a resemblance to Mr Bond, circulated in March last year, appears on the Interpol website.’

‘When a tiny girl bearing an uncanny resemblance to Cindy Lou-Who whispered that she liked dolls and told us her name was Becca Larson, I announced that it was time for a game.’

‘Sightings at a holiday resort in Norfolk have proved incorrect and a woman bearing a resemblance to Carly seen at the Notting Hill Carnival was traced.’

‘What you need is a disguise that bears a resemblance to, say, Alan Dershowitz - an attorney who prefers rich, famous clients and seems to spend more time in broadcast studios than courtrooms.’

‘Later he was kept in jail for three days because he bore a resemblance to a photofit shown on Crimewatch.’

‘What has happened to recent Evo's is that the car bears less and less resemblance to its road going counterpart and has become too recognizable IMHO.’

‘The cop bore a resemblance to someone she used to know.’

‘Miss Jackson is extremely tall and skinny with a very long neck, and while her body shape reminds me of a giraffe, her facial features bear a resemblance to that of a cross between a beaver and a duck.’

‘Composed of a wiry, nervous line, these creatures bear a resemblance to birds only in their beaks and feathered silhouettes; they appear closer to deformations of nature.’

‘North Sumatra Police announced on Tuesday that 27-year-old Zulfan, who bears a resemblance to one of the three sketches of suspects in the Oct.12.’

‘It is odd that today's strange vehicles should bear a close resemblance to those seen by a scornful poet at London's Rotten Row a couple of generations earlier.’

‘The collapse of the Nasdaq bubble left the United States in a situation that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the Japan of a decade ago.’

‘Main's method of meditation bears a similarity to, but has some differences from, centering prayer as practiced and taught by Keating.’

‘The bolt shroud is Mauser-like but with a three position horizontal safety, which bears a resemblance to that of the Winchester M70.’